Circular-counter-locking device.



15274599 l.; Patented Aug. 19m.I

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THOMAS T. CLARK, F ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

c'IRcULAn-coUNrEnfLocKING DEVICE. p y.

Application tiled August 14,

To all whom it may concern.' I

Be it known that I, THOMAS T. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Andover, in the countyA of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Circular-(lounter-Locking Devices, of which the following is a specification. Y A The present invention relates to counters or registers for application to machines for handling fabric, paper, or "the like, or to machines having' rotating parts, the number 'of revolutions of which are to he counted `or registered, and relates particularly to av novel means for locking the counter to the ,machine An object of the present invention is to provide a-locking means fon securinpy a counter to a machine to preventJ the unauillustrated in the accompanying drawings lBill whereinl l Figure 1 is a front elevation of a counter 'Y having the locking attachment of this invention appliedv thereto, the outline showing,r

diagrammatically avmachine to which the counter and the locking attachment may be applied.4 v i Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through ,the plane substantially on the line '2 2 vof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a'detail perspective view of tl i bracket, plate and lug for holding the counter upon the machine.

Referring to this drawing, A designates generally the frame of a machine provided als with a delivery or like roll B, to which is adapted to bel attached or connected a counter C. The counter C maybe of any approved'v construction, and forms no part of the pres nt invention.

' A/b'racket plate 10 is .provided which is of elongated form, is adapted to engage Specification of Letters Patent. p

Patented Aug-6, l 1917. semina 181x144. -1 V across the rear side of ythe counter()` and" be secured thereto lby screws 11 or the like; which preferably pass outwardly through f r# the'braeket plate l() and the lugs or projec-'tj-` tions of the counter (il. The bracket plateO 10 is provided with a depending longitudil nally slotted Varm 12 adapted to receive .auf bolt 13 therethrough. 'the bolt 'havingl clamping nut vML bearing against the outer side of the arm 1'2 to hold the brackctvplate l() in the desired position of elevation.y f l The counter C is'provided with `a 'shaftv15 upon the outer end of which is mounted E agear-wheel 16, the lattenhavinf' ahub' 17 which is secured to the shaft l5 y atrans- 70 verse pin-18, the latter being,r headed at,op*..,y

'posit'e ends and seated in countersin-ks-inl* the peripheral surface of the hub 17.- Theo. gear-wheel -16- may turn with. the counter-` shaft 1.5, but can not be removed*therefrom 75 until the pin 18 is drilled out yofthe `hub17.v l A'connecting arm or linkfflf)-is'apertured: at opposite ends, and ,one endV iscrigagedffr over the shaft 15- between the counter (l and 1 the gear-wheel l1G whichis. fixed 'or pinned,-4 80 to the shaft. vThe arm or link 19 is penna-', f

`nently secured to the shaft 1-5 and-canfonly be removed therefrom by the rmnoval of the gear-wheel 1G. y

The opening in the outer' end ot' the arm 85 or link 19 is relatively large and is adapted to receive therein the hub 20' of a pinion `21.

The hub 20 is of a length corresponding tothe thickness of the outer end of the link 19, and is secured by a pin 22 to a rotary 90 shaft 23 which supports the delivery roll y B. The' pin 22 is preferably headed at opposite ends and the heads are countcrsunk in the peripheral surface of the hub 20. The hub 2U tits snu ly in the opening in the outer 95 end of the ,lin 19 and is adapted to turn .therein -when the pinion 21 is rotated. The gear-wheel 16 and the pinion 21 are held against the inner side of the link 19, and intermesh so that upon'the rotation of the 100 pinion 21 the gear-wheel V16 and the shaft l5 are turned. A collar 24 is mounted upon the outer end of the shaft 23 and is fixed thereon. by the provisionl of a transverse pin 25 'which engages through the collar and 105 the shaft, andA which has its opposite ends headed and countersunk in. tile peripheral surfacevof the collar 24.

i It will be noted that all'of the pins 18, 22v and 254have their heads countersunknthe ,110'

and the gear-Wheel,I said arm havin peripheries of their respective members so Vthat access cannot be readily had to the pins for removing the same. In each instance,

the pin must be drilled out ,of its supporting L member before' the member may be removed a from interlocking engagement With the link or arm 19.

-It will then be seen that when the -parts are thus so assembled andthe counter C isv hold the parts in their respective positions before the parts may be separated from thev link or arm 19.

It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details ofvcon'struction and design of the above Vspecifically described partsy Without departing from the spirit of this invention, such changes and modifications being restricted only bythe scope of the following claims. l

What is claimed is;l

1. In acounter locking device, the combination with a machine having a rotating shaft and a counter having a rotating shaft adapted to be applied to the machine, of a gear-wheel permanently attached to counter-shaft, a. radially extending arm mounted on the counter-shaft between the counter an opening in its outer end to receive the sv aft of lthe machine therethrough, a pinion fixed upon said shaft at one side of the arm and adapted to mesh with said ear-Wheel, and a collar fixed to said shaft o the machine at the opposite side of the arm to permanently I hold the latter to the shaft.

2. In means forlocking counters to machines, the combination of a machine having a rotating shaft, and a counter having a rotating shaft adapted to be connected to the shaft of the machine, a gear-wheel fixed upon the counter-shaft, a pinion fixed upon the shaft" of the machine and adapted toY mesh with saidgear-wheel, a link having vopenings' in opposite ends adapted to re ceive said shafts therethrough for holdingtherpinion inlmeshlng engagement with said earwheelkand means for securing said link from detachment from the. shaft of the machine. y

3. In means for locking counters to machines, the combinationof a machine hav ing a rotary shaft, of a counter having a rotary shaft, of a link havingopenin s in opposite ends adapted to receive said s afts therethrough, a gear-Wheel mounted upon the countershaft'beyond the adjacent end of the link, a pin positioned transversely through the hub of the gear-Wheel and the countershaft to lock the gear-wheel to the shaftand retain the link from removal 'from the shaft, a gear-Wheel mounted on the shaftl of the machine and having a-hub adapted to project into the opening at the adjacent 4 end of the link, a pin positioned transversely. through the hub of the pinion andthe machine shaft for securing the pinion thereto,

Vand means for retaining the. hub 4of the pinion Within the opening of the link with the end of the pin in the hub of the pinion lying in the plane of the link.

`THOMAS, Tf. CLARK. 

